Photo voltaic upgrades the Nebulophone synthesizer to boost playability 

Woodwinds and brass are so nineteenth century. We’re residing sooner or later and now it’s synthesizers all the best way down. There are numerous to select from and the Bleep Labs Nebulophone is a neat instance that was bought from 2012 to 2016, with the design information now out there on GitHub for DIYers. Marcus Dunn favored how the Nebulophone sounds, however needed it to be extra sensible. That’s why he developed this “Photo voltaic” improve that dramatically enhances the playability of the Nebulophone.

The first interface of the Nebulophone is a stylus keyboard built-in straight into the PCB. That was a design selection that saved some huge cash and has a whole lot of character, just like the long-lasting Stylophone, however a stylus is a bit unwieldy throughout performances that embody a number of items of kit.

Dunn’s Photo voltaic improve provides a tactile keyboard and repackages your complete factor in order that it could actually slot in a Eurorack together with different modules. There may be additionally a sync-in for utilizing Photo voltaic with different synths.

The audio circuitry is predicated on the unique Nebulophone, however Dunn utterly redesigned the PCB to accommodate the brand new options. In reality, Photo voltaic has two PCBs: one for the circuitry and one which largely acts as a canopy plate. It appears nice with the Cherry MX key switches and key caps. 

The mind of the operation is an Arduino Nano board and it runs the Nebulophone sketch, out there on Dunn’s GitHub web page. As Dunn demonstrates in his video, Photo voltaic sounds actually cool and could be an amazing addition to your Eurorack.